A researcher wants to determine if a new exercise program he…
A researcher wants to determine if a new exercise program helps people lose weight. She recruits over 1200 subjects (her statistician determined this number from sample size calculations) and randomly assigns them to either participate in the new exercise program or no exercise program. She tells those in the new program group to exercise 3 times a week and tells those in the no exercise group that they should not exercise for the duration of the study. Based on this information, which of the following principles of experimental design is not presented in this study?